Cyrus Culver Canfield

20 December 1817–25 December 1889 (Age 72)
Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States

The Life Summary of Cyrus Culver

When Cyrus Culver Canfield was born on 20 December 1817, in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, his father, Samuel Canfield, was 34 and his mother, Martha Sabrina Davenport, was 32. He married Jane Louisa Jones on 20 October 1841, in Kirtland Township, Lake, Ohio, United States. He lived in California, United States in 1870 and Grantsville, Nye, Nevada, United States in 1880. He registered for military service in 1846. He died on 25 December 1889, in Fallon, Churchill, Nevada, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Saint Clair Cemetery, Frenchman, Churchill, Nevada, United States.

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Family Time Line

Cyrus Culver Canfield
1817–1889
Laura Albina Allen
1829–1871
Marriage: 15 June 1851
Isadora Amelia Canfield
1852–1910
Ellen Canfield
1856–
Mary Alice Canfield
1854–1912
Maybelle Canfield
1858–1942
Ethel Canfield
1860–
John Henry Canfield
1862–1953

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    15 June 1851Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1818
    Age 1
    Illinois is the 21st state.
    1827
    Age 10
    Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
    1836 · Remember the Alamo
    Age 19
    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

    Name Meaning

    English:habitational name from Great or Little Canfield in Essex, named with the Old English personal name Cana (see Cane 2) + feld ‘open country’.in some cases the surname may be of Norman origin, a habitational name from Canville-les-Deux-Églises in Seine-Maritime (France).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Camfield
    Campfield
    Cane

    Story Highlight

    Lieut. Cyrus Culver Canfield (20 December 1817 – 25 December 1889)

    Son of Samuel Canfield and Sabrina Davenport Married: Jane Louisa Jones, 9 Oct 1841 Married: Clarissa Lora Jones, 1844, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois Married: Laura Albina Allen, 15 Jun 1851, Salt Lak …

    Sources (80)

    • Cyrus C Caufield, "United States Census, 1870"
    • Cyrus Canfield, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
    • Cyrus Canfield in entry for Ellen Louisa Stokes, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

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